Recently visiting SI Bangkok on their xxx  Dear Soroptimists, My name is Carlijn Bettink, 24 years old, and together with three friends from the Netherlands I founded the organization R4WR (Ride 4 Women’s Rights). We are cycling 14,000km on two tandem bikes from Jakarta back to Amsterdam to raise awareness

"It was an inspirational talk about Mary’s Meals at a regional meeting that  led to my visit to Malawi earlier this year... I decided to sponsor a kitchen and was eventually  sent uplifting photos of children attending school regularly because they were receiving  regular food. This spurred me on to

Girls and Violence: Soroptimists making a difference by Dr Donna Swift, Social Anthropologist, New Zealand, www.girlsproject.org.nz   Photograph: Dr Anne Else, of the New Horizons for Women Trust, presented the Sonja Davies Peace Award to Dr Donna Swift (right) for her work that has developed from 'The Girls Project: An

16 Days - Day Eight: Trafficking Taking a Stand Against Trafficking: Educating, Empowering and Enabling Women to Act!   Soroptimist International of Marin County, California, collaborated with the Jeannette Prandi Children’s Center and community associations to present an eye-opening program that educated people about human trafficking and child abduction. With

  Rose Moriba Simbo, Founder and Director of the the Kori Women Development Project and member of SI Thames Valley, Gill Curry, SI Thames Valley and Johanna Raffan, SI Thames Valley and Chair and Trustee of the Kori Development Project, share the story with us. Gill Curry explains: “The Kori

SI UN Representative Gloria Essoka is a professional nurse specialising in Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Child Health. During her career she has been awarded a PhD and trained other nurses. She is a member of SI Suburban Essex in the USA. This year she visited Malawi to help provide healthcare to

The Soroptimist Leadership Academy at Lake Ohrid in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia took place in July this year. A joint project of SI Struga (FYROM) and the SI Turkish Union, this was a 10 day experience to help participants discover their leadership potential. Here, student Ernesta Dambrauskaite shares

Ann Garvie, International President   On arrival, Liliane Bosschaert of Soroptimist International of Bruges met us from the station and drove us around the city, highlighting to us landmarks of significant heritage importance and also the wonderful selection of restaurants, chocolate and lace shops. I was privileged to meet members

  In a week that has seen a joint win for  Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi in this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. According to a committee press release they were honoured 'for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to

In this weeks SoroptiVoiceBlog, Ann Garvie, International President looks at the history of the Federation plot within the National Memorial Arboretum and commemorates 80 years of service for Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland.  “I was extremely privileged one week after International Day of Peace, to join my Federation,